This originally started as an attempt to locate the Flood family thatimmigrated from County Longford, near the Westmeath border, to New
York City. In this process several Flood lines were discovered, all
from that same area of Ireland, who had some common
histories. The genetic testing idea was then born, to establish
whether in fact they were all related. This then grew into the concept
to have all the Floods with Irish roots to join the group, and expand
the family, and share our histories. There are 8
who have joined the Flood DNA Project, and if you read the information
on the Legan Connection (menu on left), 3 of the Flood families had
connections with that area. The 3 of us tested and much to our
surprise and disappointment we are from 3 separate Flood lines! Here is the DNA comparison table (note that Raymond and Kevin are
related through a common grand father, and therefore match on all 37
markers). Also note that Jonathan Flood and James Patrick Flood
match exactly on the first 12 markers.

Since a Surname Project in
essence traces members of a family that share a common surname, and
females (a) don't carry their father's Y-DNA, and (b) acquire a new
surname by the way of marriage, in order to be relevant to the Surname
Project, the tested individual must be a male that wants
to check his paternal line (father's father's father's...). The test
to be ordered is either the Y-DNA12, Y-DNA25,
Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA59 and females
should look for a brother or cousin with that surname to be tested.
Females can also order a test for themselves, which will be the mtDNA
or mtDNAPlus, but the results of this test cannot be tied to the
Surname Project.